16 Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) Scandals

Summary	Date	Source
After Congress failed to confirm Richard Cordrary to the CFPD, Obama unconstitutionally appointed him to the board anyway.	01/20/2010	The Daily Signal
The CFPB collects intrusive data on consumers in an NSA-like dragnet fashion.	06/11/2013	The Daily Signal
The CFPB's warrantless surveillance of Americans is creating data that will likely be shared with other parts of the federal government.	06/28/2013	Judicial Watch
The CFPB, considered both the most powerful yet least acccountable agency in the government, is intent on keeping things that way. When a congressman attempted attending an advisory meeting, he was refused entry.	03/20/2014	National Review Online
The CFPB's performance reviews have been called racist, as whites were twice as like to receive a top rating than minorities.	03/24/2014	The Washington Free Beacon
The CFPB has a socialist on one of its advisory boards.	04/02/2014	The Washington Free Beacon
A CFPB staffer said racism is pervasive within the agency; a primarily black division is referred to internally as "the plantation" or "cesspool" and that black employees struggle to leave that division.	04/02/2014	Politico
When the House held a hearing on accusations of racism and bigotry within the CFPB, the bureau refused to send anyone to testify.	04/02/2014	Politico
When a CFPB staffer/whistleblower spoke out about "pervasive" culture of intimidation and discrimination, the CFPB Director Richard Cordray personally told her to "back down."	04/03/2014	The Washington Free Beacon
CFPB spent more than $215 million renovating its temporary office ($120 million over its initial estimate), making it one of the most expensive construction projects in the world.	07/02/2014	The Financial Services Committee
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the CFPB is unconstitutionally structured and violates due process rights. Obama had argued otherwise.	10/12/2016	The Washington Post
CFPB chief Richard Cordrary used a private device to conduct government-related communications while skirting federal record keeping laws.	01/23/2017	The Daily Caller
Obama's top campaign ad firm received nearly $60 million in federal contracts, almost all of which came from the CFPB he setup with Sen. Elizabeth Warren	09/14/2017	The Daily Caller
CFPB was hacked hundreds of times, risking exposing Americans' sensitive financial data	04/12/2018	The Washington Free Beacon
The CFPB collected Americans' financial data without permission, putting it in databases that were later hacked	04/21/2018	NY Post
The CFPB's Richard Cordray directed $44 million in government contracts to his campaign's media firm	09/13/2018	Associated Press